Re: Subject: Re: AMC 6cyl flywheels (more info)

["Mark Price" <mprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
Don't try to use the 232 pan on the 258. The rods will hit the pan! 258 pans are dimpled to clear the longer throw. They changed the bolt pattern to help prevent people from using the 232 pans on the 258's.
  
Mark Price




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:17:18 -0800 (PST)

>On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 TABunsey@xxxxxxx wrote:
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>> The PRACTICAL answer to your question is NO, you cannot.
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>> Bottom line, you could bolt the 1969 flywheel onto the 1982
>> crank, but your starter would not mesh with the ring gear.
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>> But, what is your problem that creates your question?
>>    Late style flywheels aren't hard to find.
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>I know about the bellhousing change...
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>Here's the whole story: I have a '69 232, a used motor, installed
>presently, T14 manual trans, in the '70 Hornet project car.
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>I go over to Mark Rippe's place, he's got the '63 Classic
>wag he's restifying, and found that he's decided to stick a
>Rambler 327 in it, freeing up his built '82 258 -- "forged
>everything". It's got 6 hours of run time. I bought it after
>a bit of delay. It's got a Clifford cam, which I don't really
>want. It came from someone's project Jeep so I need a pan too.
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>Clearly I'll just yank out the old 232 and stick in the 258. I
>know I need a bellhousing, but those can be UPS'd, they're light.
>Flywheels are heavy, and I'm not likely to find one locally,
>and I have two of them laying around (pre-72) one drilled for two
>clutch diameters. Didn't think of the ring gear diameter though!
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>When I yank the 232 out, I'll get to measure side by side,
>but I want to get parts collected before I get to do the work,
>which might be months at the rate I'm going.
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>I can't tell if the 1969 T-14 has the same nose (shaft, pattern)
>as post-72 manual trans's, I really want to use that T-14 in
>this car, I'll be bummed if all that trans install and shifter
>linkage work I did was for nothing and I have to get another
>transmission.
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